Museum of Science and History, Pink Palace
Museum of Science and History, Pink Palace is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. The nearest named place is Memphis Pink Palace Museum, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 163 miles off.
The story
The Pink Palace Museum & Mansion is a local and natural history museum in Memphis, Tennessee. The museum features exhibits ranging from archeology to chemistry as well as a large theater and a planetarium. Over 240,000 people visit the Pink Palace each year. The museum is part of the Memphis Museums of Science and History, a collection of historic, educational, and technological attractions maintained by the City of Memphis and Memphis Museums, Inc.
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Wikidata Q7196066, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Memphis Museums, Inc.
How to reach it
- 162.8 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 5.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 13.1 mi off the Mississippi Delta Great River Road
- 43.0 mi off the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Beale Street Landing · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Memphis Pink Palace Museum: 0.0 mi
- Tiger Lane: 1.2 mi
- Liberty Park: 1.3 mi
- Bell: 1.8 mi
- Man & Guitar Statue: 1.9 mi
- Chickasaw Garden Park: 0.2 mi
- East High Sportsplex: 0.5 mi
- Frank Tobey Park: 0.8 mi
- Sunshine Park: 1.0 mi
- Brentwood Park: 1.0 mi
- Spanish War Memorial: 1.4 mi
- L.B. McFarland Memorial Campanile: 2.3 mi
- Lilian May Elizabeth Nelson Byrd Memorial (DAR): 2.3 mi
- Sophie G. Freidman Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Ted Rust: 2.4 mi
- Memphis Children's Museum: 1.0 mi
- Brooks Museum of Art: 2.4 mi
- Stax Museum: 4.1 mi
- Stax Museum: 4.1 mi
- Sun Studio: 4.5 mi
- West Junction shore: 12.3 mi
- West Snake Beach: 12.4 mi
- West Potato Beach: 12.6 mi
- West Houston shore beach: 12.6 mi
- Desoto Woods FootPath: 12.9 mi
- Ramesses the Great Statue: 1.3 mi
- E. H. Crump Statue: 2.4 mi
- Big Kids: 3.5 mi
- Spinners: 3.5 mi
- Crystal Shrine Grotto: 5.0 mi
- Emeriti Grove: 1.3 mi
- Clara Conway Memorial Gardens: 2.5 mi
- Fisher Memorial Garden: 2.6 mi
- Dixon Gardens: 2.7 mi
- Memphis Botanic Garden: 2.8 mi
- Audubon Park: 2.9 mi
- Lichterman Nature Center: 5.9 mi
- Ducks Unlimited National Headquarters: 8.6 mi
- Ducks Unlimited Park: 8.6 mi
- Germantown Greenway: 10.2 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Four: 5.6 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Three: 14.6 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 6.3 mi
- Hopefield: 6.8 mi
- Memphis Propbuster's Field: 17.5 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:41 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:13 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Memphis Intl AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/135459980
Day trips start here
- Memphis · 5 mi
- Bartlett · 7 mi
- Southaven · 11 mi
- West Memphis · 13 mi
- Olive Branch · 14 mi
- Marion · 15 mi
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